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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 24, 2012
Filed:
Mar. 27, 2008
Raymond W Mccollum, Redmond, WA (US);
Khushru M Irani, Redmond, WA (US);
Sylvain P Galineau, Seattle, WA (US);
Francois L Cantonnet, Issaquah, WA (US);
Raymond W McCollum, Redmond, WA (US);
Khushru M Irani, Redmond, WA (US);
Sylvain P Galineau, Seattle, WA (US);
Francois L Cantonnet, Issaquah, WA (US);
Microsoft Corporation, Redmond, WA (US);
Abstract
Aspects of the subject matter described herein relate to determining effective policy when more than one policy may be associated with an entity. In aspects, bindings associate policies with target groups that may include one or more entities. The bindings are ordered by precedence. When properties of two or more policies affect an entity, properties of policies in higher precedence bindings control (e.g., override) properties of policies in lower precedence bindings. When a property of a policy is not included in other policies that affect an entity, the property is retained. A policy resolver determines disjoint target groups and a resultant policy associated with each disjoint target group. The resultant policy associated with a disjoint target group represents a combination of the original policies according to precedence.